Background
Larry Palmer was born in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in 1970 and completed his graduate training at Texas Southern University (M.Ed., African History, 1973) and Indiana University at Bloomington (Ed. D., Higher Education Administration and African Studies, 1978). While at Emory, he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
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